Athena Tacha Papers 3518 Finding Aid Prepared by Sarah Newhouse
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Athena Tacha papers 3518 Finding aid prepared by Sarah Newhouse. Last updated on November 09, 2018. Historical Society of Pennsylvania March 6, 2012 Athena Tacha papers Table of Contents Summary Information....................................................................................................................................3 Administrative Information........................................................................................................................... 5 Related Materials........................................................................................................................................... 5 Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................6 Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7 Correspondence........................................................................................................................................7 Education..................................................................................................................................................8 Miscellaneous.........................................................................................................................................10 Photographs............................................................................................................................................11 - Page 2 - Athena Tacha papers Summary Information Repository Historical Society of Pennsylvania Creator Tacha, Athena, 1936-. Title Athena Tacha papers Call number 3518 Date [inclusive] 1942-2000 Extent 3.4 linear feet (3.4 linear feet, 12 boxes, 2 volumes ) Language Greek, Modern (1453-) Mixed materials (00003074)11 [Box] Mixed materials (00003075)12 [Box] Mixed materials (00003076)1 [Volume] Mixed materials (00003070)7 [Box] Mixed materials (00003071)8 [Box] Mixed materials (00003072)9 [Box] - Page 3 - Athena Tacha papers Mixed materials (00003073)10 [Box] Mixed materials (00003066)3 [Box] Mixed materials (00003067)4 [Box] Mixed materials (00003068)5 [Box] Mixed materials (00003069)6 [Box] Mixed materials (00003077)2 [Volume] Mixed materials (00003064)1 [Box] Mixed materials (00003065)2 [Box] Abstract Athena Tacha (1936-) is a Greek American sculptor, photographer, and conceptual artist who received degrees from the National Academy of Fine Arts (Athens, Greece), Oberlin College (Oberlin, Ohio), and the University of Paris (Sorbonne). In the 1960s she settled in the United States and became a professor of sculpture at Oberlin College. Her commissioned pieces are installed as public art across the United States and in several other countries as well. This collection contains mostly early correspondence, education materials, publications, and artwork from 1950 through the 1980s, although it spans from 1950 to 2000. - Page 4 - Athena Tacha papers Administrative Information Historical Society of Pennsylvania March 6, 2012 Finding aid prepared by Sarah Newhouse. Sponsor This collection was processed during the Digital Center for Americana Project Phase II, which was funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Richard Lounsbery Foundation. Access Restrictions This collection is open for research. Related Materials Related Archival Materials note At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Brancusi's Birds by Athena Tacha, 1969 (NB933.B7 S63) At other institutions: Athena Tacha collection at Oberlin College in Pennsylvania. http://www.oberlin.edu/archive/holdings/ finding/RG30/SG262/biography.html Athena Tacha papers at the Archives of American Art. http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/athena-tacha- papers-6242 Oral history interview with Athena Tacha, 2009 December 4-6 at the Archives of American Art. http:// www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-athena-tacha-15749 - Page 5 - Athena Tacha papers Controlled Access Headings Form/Genre(s) • Photographs. Personal Name(s) • Boskoff, Georges. • Brancusi, Constantin, 1876-1957. • Dine, Jim, 1935-. • Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968. • Morris, Robert, 1931-. • Sklavos, Gerasimos, 1927-1967. • Souriau, Etienne, 1892-1979. • Spear, Richard E., 1940-. Subject(s) • Greece--History--Civil War, 1944-1949. • Greece--History--Coup d'état, 1967 (December 13). • Greece--History--Coup d'état, 1967 (April 21). • Greece--History--Coup d'état, 1973 (May 22-23). • Greece--History--Coup d'état, 1973 (November 24-25). • Greek American art. • Greek American women. • Outdoor sculpture--United States. • Sculptors--Greece. • Women sculptors. - Page 6 - Athena Tacha papers Correspondence Collection Inventory Correspondence. Box Folder 1950-1963. 1 1 1953-1991. 1 2 1950s. 1 3-7 1950s. 2 1-2 1950s-1963. 2 3-6 1962-1963. 2 7 1965-1966. 3 1-2 1965-1966, 1971. 3 3 1968. 3 4 1969-1973. 3 5 1960s. 3 6 1971, 1975. 3 7 1973, 1975. 3 8 1976-1984. 4 1 - Page 7 - Athena Tacha papers Education 1980-1983. 4 2 1988-1989. 4 3 1980s. 4 4-7 1980s. 5 1 1999-2000. 5 2 1990s. 5 3 Education. Box Folder Fellowships and scholarships: Paris, 1957, 1961, undated. 5 4 Fellowships and scholarships: United States Information Service and the 5 5 Greek National Scholarships Foundation, 1960-1963. Immigration: Visa file, 1965. 6 1 Jobs: "Letters from Paris seeking jobs for returning to U.S.A.", 1962-1963. 6 2 Letters of recommendation and diplomas (duplicates), 1958-1963. Box Folder Notes and papers: Aesthetics and art history notebooks from Paris, 1961-1963. 8 Notes and papers: Aesthetics and art history notebooks from Paris: Loose 6 4 items removed from notebooks, 1961-1963. Notes and papers: Architecture notebook, 1959. 6 5 - Page 8 - Athena Tacha papers Education Notes and papers: Art history, 1955-1961, undated. 6 6 Box Folder Notes and papers: Art history courses at Oberlin College notebook, 1960-1961. 1-2 Box Folder Notes and papers: Draft of PhD thesis, "L'Art du Relief", 1961 June 10. 6 7 Notes and papers: Bronze casting workshop notebooks, 1957. 9 Notes and papers: Computer programming, 1969. 6 8 Notes and papers: Contemporary art seminar with E. Johnson, 1961. 6 9 Notes and papers: Egyptian and Babylonian art and history, undated. 6 10 Notes and papers: "French syntax and idioms" notebook, 1953. 6 11 Notes and papers: Gothic architecture, 1965. 6 12 Notes and papers: Latin grammar, 1950s. 6 13 Notes and papers: Medieval art, undated. 6 14 Notes and papers: Michelangelo senior seminar notecards, Oberlin College. 6 15 Notes and papers: Michelangelo senior seminar notes, Oberlin College, 6 16 1960. Notes and papers: Michelangelo senior seminar papers, Oberlin College, 6 17 1960. Notes and papers: Modern art, undated. 6 18 - Page 9 - Athena Tacha papers Miscellaneous Notes and papers: Musicology notebooks, 1962-1963. 10 Notes and papers: Summer school at the Alliance Française, Paris, 1956. 7 1 Miscellaneous. Box Folder Certificates and awards, 1949. 7 2 Clippings about Athena Tacha from newspapers and magazines, 7 3-4 1970s-1980s. Drawings, 1942-1946. 7 5 Drawings, 1943-1952. 7 6 Box Folder Drawings: Brancusi's "Birds", undated. 1 Drawings: Figures, sculpture, and architecture, 1956-1958. 2-4 Box Folder Lectures and publications, 1957-1958, 1961-1962. 7 7 Lectures and publications: Early writings, 1943-1952. 7 8 Lectures and publications: "Waterfronts as Site Sculpture" draft, 1985. 7 9 Manuscripts, 1957-1958. 7 10 Musical scores, undated. 7 11 Photocopy of Constantine Tacha biography, 1956. 7 11A - Page 10 - Athena Tacha papers Photographs Notebooks: Lists of books read and various notes, 1950s. 11-12 Photographs. Box Folder Photographs, 1957-1960. 7 12 Photographs and postcards, 1956-1960, undated. 7 13 - Page 11 -.